
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bowden, BF 
A1  - Coll, JC 
A1  - Liyanage, N 
A1  - Mitchell, SJ 
A1  - Stokie, GJ 
A1  - Altena, IAV 
T1  - Studies of Australian soft corals. IV. A novel bicyclic diterpene from <I>Lobophytum hedleyi</I>
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
SP  - 163
EP  - 170
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9780163 
N2  - A new bicyclic diterpene, (3E,5E)-2-methyl-6-[(2'R*,4a'S*,8a'R*)-4a'-methyl-8'-methylene-trans-perhydronaphthalen-2'-yl]hepta-3,5-dien-2-ol (1), is reported as the major terpenoid component from Lobophytum hedleyi. It represents the first non-cembranoid diterpene to be reported from soft corals. A minor component in the coral is tentatively identified as the 7-hydroxy derivative of (1). Evidence for the structure of (1) is mainly spectroscopic but final proof rests on degradation and conversion into a known compound. 
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